"In order to ensure our customers have the best experience on Xbox One and Xbox Live, we need the help of our passionate community," Microsoft said in an announcement. Yep, that means a beta is coming.

While the new Xbox One Dashboard does a lot of things right, some things aren't quite as easy to access as they were on Xbox 360. Primarily, parties. That's going to be one of the big focuses for the next system update from Microsoft.

A set of documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden reveal that intelligence agencies like the NSA and British GCHQ created characters and obtained communications data on Xbox Live, World of Warcraft, and Second Life to keep tabs on possible terrorist and crimi...

Microsoft has been aggressively pursuing indie talent through its ID@Xbox program. Today, Microsoft revealed exactly who's on board. Unsurprisingly, there are some big names interested in self-publishing on Xbox One.

Major Nelson believes you'll use Bing on Xbox One because it's far more "conversational" than before. It'll be particularly helpful if you're looking for certain media--say, "romantic comedies starring Julia Roberts."